Faith and Belief

Faith and belief are very important parts in our life. But do we put them in the right place all the time? Some people do and some people don't. From this perspective, there are three kinds of people that are related to belief: believers, balancers and skeptics.

Believers are the first ones to be mentioned. They are called so because to them the world is full of fate. Whenever anything happens, they immediately think not in terms of rational causes or random coincidence, but in terms of fate. Their personalities and mood is controlled by other people and things. They can easily be lured into something very bad without knowing any harm. They believe in everything, even when some of those beliefs are contradictory. If you ever try to convince them, they'll regard you as either hopelessly ignorant or trying to lure them away from the Truth. The ancient ignorant Christians are one of believers' examples. They put too much faith in churches, in divination and in Popes. They believed in everything the Pope said even though those were nonsense. They considered the money they spent getting the super-natural spirits on their sides so that they donated all to the churches. And they so believed that holy water could heal any kinds of injuries that so often that they found themselves in danger when applying this water on their wound.

The second kind is balancers. This type of people can both believe and disbelieve. They will choose what to believe based on their knowledge, their judgment and what they have seen. They don't just attribute the fact to coincidence or some kinds of superstition. They have their own opinion and they are not easily influenced by any other people. Their common quotation is: "Seeing is believing." Scientists are a good example for this variety. They see the phenomena, then they do the